Education

Seton Hall University, Ed.D.
Johns Hopkins University, M.Ed.
State University of New York at Geneseo, B.A.

Bio

Dr. Peter Litchka has been a professional educator since 1972 and during this time, he has been a high school social studies teacher and department chair, curriculum director, assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction, and a superintendent of schools for two school districts. Dr. Litchka has been with Loyola University Maryland since 2006.

Polka, W. & Litchka, P. (2007). Strategies for surviving the professional victim syndrome: perspectives from superintendents on navigating the political waves of contemporary leadership. In L.K. Lemasters & R. Papa (Eds.), At the tipping point: Navigating the course for the preparation of educational administrators: The 2007 Yearbook of the National Council of Professors of Educational Administration, 255-265.

Journals

Litchka, P. (2011). The leadership abilities of one principal in a high achieving, high poverty, urban school. Educacja: Studia, Badania, Innowacje, 3(115), 40-49.

Davis, C., Litchka, P. and Polka, W. (2008). Female superintendents and the professional victim syndrome: Preparing current and aspiring superintendents to cope and succeed. The Journal of Women in Educational Leadership, 6(4), 293-310.

Litchka, P. (2007). No leader left behind: Planning to prepare effective educational leaders in this era of accountability. The Journal of the International Society for Educational Planning, 16(2), 44-52.

Dissertation

The Instructional Leadership Abilities of Middle School Principals in New York State, as Perceived by Principals and Teachers.

Professional Activities/Society Memberships

International Society for Educational Planning
National Council for Professors Educational Administration
New Your State Council of School Superintendents